Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Magdalena Erb[1]

Female 1810 - 1883  (72 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Erb 
    Born 18 Jul 1810  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Magdalena Kaufman 
    Eby ID Number 00032-2830 
    Died 20 Feb 1883  Near Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Person ID I18273  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John Erb,   b. 8 Dec 1764, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1832, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Schantz,   b. Jun 1770, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1826, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Family ID F2819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Andrew Kaufman,   b. 1 Feb 1804, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1858, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Children 
     1. Mary "Polly" Kaufman,   b. 10 May 1828, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1900, Maple River, Emmet Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Lucy Kaufman,   b. 26 Feb 1830, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     3. Allen Kaufman,   b. 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Solomon E. Kaufman,   b. 31 Jul 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1911, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Jonas Kaufman,   b. 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Urias Kaufman,   b. 20 Sep 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1857, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
     7. Nancy Kaufman,   b. 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1858  (Age 20 years)
     8. Magdalena Kaufman,   b. 28 Feb 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1843  (Age 3 years)
     9. Joseph Kaufman,   b. 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. William Kaufman,   b. 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Magdalean Kaufman,   b. 28 Feb 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1849  (Age 3 years)
     12. Charles Louis Kaufman,   b. 16 May 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1919, Jackson, Polk, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     13. Margaret Kaufman,   b. Abt 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     14. Caroline Kaufman,   b. 4 Oct 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1890, Near Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     15. Louisa Kaufman,   b. CALC 20 Sep 1855,   d. 5 Jul 1859  (Age ~ 3 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Magdalena Erb, "was born in Preston, July 18th, 1810. She was married to Andrew Kauffman who was born February 1st, 1804, and died December 7th, 1858. They resided on the farm now in the possession of John Erb at Centreville, near Berlin. She died at her daughter's (Mrs. Knarr) home, near Erbsville, February 20th, 1883. They had a family of twelve children"


      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 628.

    2. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 19.

    3. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div 4, Page 45.

    4. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 1 Page 43.

    5. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 841.

    6. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 842.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Jul 1810 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Feb 1883 - Near Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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